Daily Digest - December 2, 2024

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Don’t forget to check out what’s on the AccountsRecovery streaming channel. It’s a great way to catch webinars you may have missed!

Judge Dismisses FDCPA Case Over SOL on Judgment

• Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. Today’s webinar just happens to be on the topic of legal collections so it’s entirely timely to write about a court ruling involving a judgment. A District Court judge in Kentucky has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case after it was sued for not informing the plaintiff that a debt was allegedly time-barred when it sent a letter informing the plaintiff of payment options on a judgment.

• More details here.

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TODAY’S WEBINAR

UPCOMING WEBINARS

More Public Calls for Elimination of CFPB

• An economist with the Heritage Foundation, an organization the promotes conservative public policies and is the architect behind Project 2025 has echoed comments from Elon Musk calling for the abolishment of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

• More details here.

AI Transparency Bills Introduced in House by Rep. Waters as House Fin’l Services Committee Preps Tech Hearing

• A pair of bills have been introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Maxine Waters [D-Calif.] that aim to provide regulators with more transparency about how companies in the financial services industry are using artificial intelligence. The bills were introduced days before the House Financial Services Committee holds a hearing on “How Technology is Shaping the Future of Finance.”

• More details here. 

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Compliance Digest – December 2

• Important insights this week from Joann Needleman, Brent Yarborough, Nabil Foster, Jessica Klander, Jenna Willams, and Virginia Bell Flynn on what the CFPB is up to, a landmark legal ruling, and clarification from New York City about its upcoming debt collection regulation in this week's Compliance Digest. Check it out!

• More details here.

• This series is sponsored by Bedard Law Group

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Music Monday, part I

Music Monday, Part II